Travels with Barley: A Journey Through Beer Culture in AmericaSimon and Schuster, 2007年11月1日 - 332 頁 Do beer yeast rustlers really exist? Who patented the Beer Goddess? How can you tell a Beer Geek from a Beer Nazi? Where exactly is Beervana? Does Big Beer hate Little Beer? Ken Wells, a novelist, Pulitzer Prize finalist, and longtime Wall Street Journal writer, answers these questions and more by bringing a keen eye and prodigious reportage to the people and passions that have propelled beer into America's favorite alcoholic beverage and the beer industry into a $75 billion commercial juggernaut, not to mention a potent force in American culture. Travels with Barley is a lively, literate tour through the precincts of the beer makers, sellers, drinkers, and thinkers who collectively drive the mighty River of Beer onward. The heart of the book is a journey along the Mississippi River, from Minnesota to Louisiana, in a quixotic search for the Perfect Beer Joint -- a journey that turns out to be the perfect pretext for viewing America through the prism of a beer glass. Along the river, you'll visit the beer bar once owned by the brewer Al Capone, glide by The World's Largest Six Pack, and check into Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel to plumb the surprisingly controversial question of whether Elvis actually drank beer. But the trip also includes numerous detours up quirky tributaries, among them: a visit to an Extreme Beer maker in Delaware with ambitions to make 50-proof brew, a look at the murky world of beer yeast rustlers in California, and a journey to the portals of ultimate beer power at the Anheuser-Busch plant in St. Louis, where making the grade as a Clydesdale draft horse is harder than you might imagine. Entertaining, enlightening, and written with Wells's trademark verve, Travels with Barley is a perfect gift -- not just for America's 84 million beer enthusiasts, but for all discerning readers of flavorful nonfiction. |
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... never get too carried away with himself. True, I was thrilled to get introduced to a previously unknown uni- verse of European beers when I took my obligatory summer backpack- ing tour across Europe right out of college in 1971. Later ...
... never get too carried away with himself. True, I was thrilled to get introduced to a previously unknown uni- verse of European beers when I took my obligatory summer backpack- ing tour across Europe right out of college in 1971. Later ...
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... never seems to quite break out the way, say, Jimmy Buffett's Caribbean- tinged pop did. Gilchrist sought to both broaden the exposure of these local artists, while casting an ever-wider net for songwriting tal- ents who might be ...
... never seems to quite break out the way, say, Jimmy Buffett's Caribbean- tinged pop did. Gilchrist sought to both broaden the exposure of these local artists, while casting an ever-wider net for songwriting tal- ents who might be ...
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... never had to use them because people seemed to know Brown wasn't a man to mess with. All he usually had to do to prevent fights was to tell the would- be perpetrators: "Now, you boys don't have to be like that. What would your mommas ...
... never had to use them because people seemed to know Brown wasn't a man to mess with. All he usually had to do to prevent fights was to tell the would- be perpetrators: "Now, you boys don't have to be like that. What would your mommas ...
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... never finished college. Gilchrist's employees will tell you that beyond his business savvy and gift of gab, his other notable trait is a wry, sometimes anarchic sense of humor. One example: rumors that the Bama is for sale sweep the ...
... never finished college. Gilchrist's employees will tell you that beyond his business savvy and gift of gab, his other notable trait is a wry, sometimes anarchic sense of humor. One example: rumors that the Bama is for sale sweep the ...
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... never really yours. You just get to use it till you piss it away." That's a nice line for the guy who owns one of America's great dive bars, but Gilchrist clearly knows what he's about. Before buying the Bama he'd made a study of ...
... never really yours. You just get to use it till you piss it away." That's a nice line for the guy who owns one of America's great dive bars, but Gilchrist clearly knows what he's about. Before buying the Bama he'd made a study of ...
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CHAPTER 3 | 42 |
ON THE ROAD AGAIN | 52 |
Slouching Toward Hannibal | 114 |
THE QUEST TAKES A SOUTHERN LURCH | 177 |
CHAPTER 13 | 190 |
ON THE ROAD AGAIN | 204 |
CHAPTER 15 | 217 |
A WRINKLE IN THE QUEST | 228 |
THE FINAL DIVERSION | 238 |
QUESTS | 252 |
EPILOGUE | 267 |
Notes on Sources | 275 |
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